Alan Parker is set to direct Charlize Theron in World for Picturehouse and New Line International's drama
The Ice at the Bottom, says Variety.
The story is set in Chesapeake Bay, where a grizzled Navy captain reluctantly retires for health reasons. Theron will play one of his daughters, a heroin addict and out-of-control single mother.
Scribe Mark Richard wrote from his fictional short story.